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No. 523,826. Patented July 31,1894.

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UNITED STATE-s PATE-NT OFFICE.

CHARLES P. YOUNG, .OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

vNDlNo-MACHINE- SPECIFICATION formingpart of Iletters 1':atent1\l'o. 523,826, dated July 31, 1894. Application filed December 11,*1893. Serial No. 493,353I (No model.)

Figure l designates a vertical sectional view` of my machine; Fig?. adetail side elevation of a portion of the rotatively adjustable magazine; Fig. 3 a detail view showing the coin operated devices more clearly; Fig. 4 a horizontal sectional View taking on the line 4.--4

of Fig. l; Fig. 5 a detail plan view of one of the flanged plates supporting the vertical receptacles,aa1d Fig. 6 a detail perspective of one of the vertical receptacles. A

This invention relates to improvements in coin-operated vending machines, and it consists of certain novel features of construction and arrangements of parts, that will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings the letter a designates a` vertical casing or box having one of its vertical sides hinged to form a doora. Stepped in the centerof this casing is avertical shaft a2 having secured on it near its lower enda beveled gear wheel as. Meshing with this gear is a beveled pinion b lwhich is mounted on the inner end of ahorizontal shaft b which extends Aoutside of the casing and is provided with an operating knob. This shaft b is locked against rotation by means of a pivoted gravitating lever c, whose inner, heavier end c" normally rests into a notch b3 formed in the periphery of a ratchet-wheel b"'rigidly secured on said shaft. The Aratchet wheel shown is provided with twoof the notches b3 butaless or greater number may be employed according to the relative sizes of the gear Y wheels and the number of openings in the rotating delivery plate hereinafter described. Formed on the ratchet wheel alongside each notch b3 is a beveled lug b4. Pivotedupon the casing above lever c isa weighted lever e which is supported a short distance above the ratchet-wheel by means of a stop pin e. The free end c of the lever c is bent laterally and terminates below the exit end of the coin chute d.

The operationofthe foregoing devices is as follows: When a coin is dropped into the chute it runs down the same until it is caught whereupon the beveled `lug bf* forces the adl jacent end c of the lever c upward a sufficient distance to drop the coin.

4In its general features this coinoperated mechanism is similar to the construction covcred in my former vapplication filed November 14, 1893, Serial No. 490,905; and I do not therefore Vclaim anything in this application coveredby my said former application.'

- Rigidly secured vto the interior of the casing above the coin operated lever is a horizontalplate j', which is provided with a cen` tral opening for the passage of the shaft a2 andan opening f at one edge for the passage of the articles of merchandise carried by the magazine above. Secured tothe plate below'the opening f is a delivery chute f2 which receives the articles as they are ejected and conveys them out at one side of the casing. Secured rigidly on vthe shaft immediately above the plate f is a rotating plate g,

chandise magazine, which consists of a pair of slotted disks h connected rigidly together by a series of vertical open-ended receptacles lo, said magazine being held against rotation and in proper position by means of a lug h carried bythe door a and resting ina notch in the adjacent edge of one of the disks h; the magazine is supported at the'proper distance above thev rotating plate by means of a collar h2 on the shaft. The plates h are each provided with aseries of radial slots inwhich are fitted the long vertical receptacles k, which latter are formed of sheet-metal bent into shape and have their outer sides open. The receptacles are secured rigidly to the disks hby means of lips k', struck up from the receptacle and bent over anges k2 formed on the plates h around the slots therein, the

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flanges being formed on the upper side of the lower plate and on the lower side of the upper plate, in order that the receptacles themselves will support the plates h the proper distance apart.

To retain the articles in the receptaclesthat is to say, to close the vertical open sides of the receptacles--a series of vertical transversely-curved plates Z is secured to the peripheries of the disks h. As will be observed, one plate answers to protect each adjacent pair of receptacles-that is one of the plates is secured between each pair of holders and extends far enough in each direction to cover the two adjacent holders as shown. The plates are secured to the disks h by means of pins Z which pass through short vertical slots Z formed in the plates Z and communicating at their lower ends with horizontal slots Z3; the object of this construction is to enable the plates Z to be moved to one side while filling the receptacles with the articles of merchandise, thereby enabling the receptacles to be lled along their vertical edges instead of at their ends.

It will be observed that as the rotating plate is revolved by means of the shaft and gear wheels, the articles of merchandise successively drop into the openings in said plate as said openings register with the receptacles and are carried around by the plate and successively dropped into the delivery chute, one receptacle being emptied after another until the entire series have discharged their contents.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The' combination ot a casing, a vertical shaft therein, a series of vertical receptacles mounted rotatively upon said shaft said receptacles being open at their lower ends, means for locking the receptacles against rotation, a rotating plate rigidly secured on said vertical shaft below the receptacles and provided with a series of openings adapted to register with said receptacles, a stationary plate secured below said rotating plate and provided with a delivery opening, and means for rotating said shaft, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination of a casing, a vertical shaft and means for rotating the same, a roand a pair of plates provided with radial slotsl in which said receptacles rest and are secured, said slots being open at their outer ends substantially as described.

4. A magazine for Vending machines consisting ot' a pair of disks provided with iianged openings and a series of vertical receptacles tted in said openin gs and provided with lips engaging over said flan ges, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a series of vertical receptacles open along their outer vertical sides or edges and vertical plates secured over said open sides or edges, said vertical plates being laterally adjustable, in order that the open sides or edges of the receptacles may be uncovered substantially as described.

6. A rotatable magazine for vending machines consisting of a series of vertical receptacles open along their outer vertical edges, a series of vertical plates mounted on said magazine and extending over the open edges of the receptacles and adapted to be laterally adjusted, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l affix my signatur-ein presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES I. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

W. H. SHETLEY, I-I. B. BROOKS. 

